Continuous infusion of β-amyloid protein into the rat cerebral ventricle induces learning impairment and neuronal and morphological degeneration

Japanese Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-57

  Nitta, Atsumi ^a,b   Fukuta, Taneo ^a   Hasegawa, Takaaki ^a   Nabeshima, Toshitaka ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GIFU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid protein; Cholinergic neuron; Glial fibrillary acidic; Learning and memory

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BRAIN ENZYME; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; RAT;

EID: 0031051960     PISSN: 00215198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jjp.73.51     Document Type: Article

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